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Magic was a living thing---that, everyone knew---but to Kell it felt like more, like a friend, like family. It was, after all, a part of him (much more than it was a part of most) and he couldn't help feeling like it knew what he was saying, what he was feeling, not only when he summoned it, but always, in every heartbeat and every breath. He was, after all, Antari.

Loyalty is one of the most precious things I’ve ever encountered. You don’t know the things people would do to get ahead, and I would bet my life you would never turn your back on anyone that needed you.

Three Dark Crowns Series by Kendare Blake

I am upset for our losses. I’m horrified. But I’m also anxious and restless. Sonya and Sara are still alive, living at the mercy of Anderson. They still need our help. So I don’t know how to be sad when all I feel is an unrelenting determination to do something. I am no longer afraid of fear, and I will not let it rule me. Fear will learn to fear me. S h a t t e r  M e  for Sara // @ohwarnette ♥

“I’m more afraid of the living. Dead people can’t rape me.”

in the pits of our souls - if i amuse myself with the notion that i have a soul - elian and i aren’t so different. two kingdoms that come with responsibilities we each have trouble bearing. him, the shackles of being pinned to one land and one life. me, trapped in the confines of my mother’s murderous legacy. and the ocean, calling out to us both. a song of freedom and longing.

“kiss me again,” he says, drunk and foolish. “kiss me until i am sick of it.” 

Yeah so, I’m rereading Nevermore by Kelly Creagh and Varabel is still my forever otp. My 15yr old self’s ‘cheerleader falls for the goth boy’ fantasy is satisfied. Seriously if you haven’t read it you’re missing out. Read it.

“If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system. That’s much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.” - Marie Lu, Legend

— Waiting for You, by Susane Colasanti

They sure are

Froi of the Exiles ~ Melina Marchetta 

Read In 2018 → To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Christo “In the pits of our souls—if I amuse myself with the notion that I have a soul—Elian and I aren’t so different. Two kingdoms that come with responsibilities we each have trouble bearing. Him, the shackles of being pinned to one land and one life. Me, trapped in the confines of my mother’s murderous legacy. And the ocean, calling out to us both. A song of freedom and longing.”

“Together. They’d go together.“

When laced into his clothing, Laurent’s dangerous grace lent him an almost androgynous quality. Or perhaps it was more accurate to say that it was rare to associate Laurent with a physical body at all: you were always dealing with a mind.

character posters ♡ Off-Campus series